It’s illegal for an employer to ask you about a disability, but sometimes you may feel it is necessary to tell them. This is oftentimes dependent on how important the disability and its effects are in ...

One out of four Americans will become disabled by age 67, according to the Social Security Administration. "That means you could lose your greatest asset -- your ability to earn an income," says Steve ...

Under the ADA, the law is designed to isolate an employer's consideration of an applicant's non-medical qualifications from any consideration of the applicant's medical condition. An employer may not ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. I have been curiously observing the aftermath of the pandemic as it relates to the ...

In the past, the National Center on Disability and Journalism’s disability language style guide prioritized the use of person-first language — advising language like “person with a disability,” for ...

Licensed social worker and disability consultant Vilissa Thompson, LMSW, was born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a rare group of disorders better known as brittle bone disease. Those with brittle ...

This interview appeared in the International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) March Bulletin. Not enough attention is being paid to working with the large number of people in communities who ...

The latest statistics from Social Security Scotland show that at the end of January, some 192,575 people were in receipt of Adult Disability Payment (ADP). That figure includes 83,199 new applicants ...